Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-29
MISTAKES OF CHAMBERLAIN.

One of the ablest and shreWdest poll
ticians in Great Britain is Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain, one of her Msjesty's repre-
sentatives sent to this country to settle
the Canadian fisheries dispute. He is q
Radical st ope time, then Conservative;
now he is violently opposed to the gov
eminent and agsin its most ardent sup
porter. He is always prominent figure,
has faculty for feeling the public pulse,
and Gas the veering wind shifts,
shifts his Sails" always keeping
in the popular breeze. His keen bust
less scumen aud knowledge Of men has
enabled him to amass fortune out OF his
commercial enterprises while at the same
time posing as champion OF the labor
ing masses. He opposes or advocates
measures at will as though toying with
popular sentiment, but always manages TO
keep in the lead of strong following.
He made tour through Ulster recently
making speeches on Irish home rule at
different points and without committing
himself or defining his policy,
and without saying much Of anything,
created such furore that his political
opponents are somewhat piqued because
Gladstone does not answer him. His
successes and most distinguished achieve
ments were all on home subjects and
strictly insular Affairs. La dealing with
questions that affect people out Of sight
of the white cliffs of Albion he has been
sipgularly unfortunate. Without any
apparent reason, unless it was
desire to evade more per,
tineut questions, he has been
talking to the rugged Ulster farmers
about the proposed commercial union be-
tween Canada and the United States. In
one Ct his speeches he is reported as say
ing: "Canada knows perfectly well that
commercial union with the United States
means political separation from Great
Britain, fer it is quite impossible thai
Great Britain should retain al
the responsibilities and obliga-
tons of colonial connection wheI
ell the advantages ere taken away" This
uttersnce has drawn down upon his de
voted head, in advance OF his coming, The
Ire of the most influential Canadian anc
American newspapers. His fears Of ulti
mate separation are considered unbound
ed or grotesquely exaggerated. There Ii
no intention or danger Of political sepa
ration from he British empire, say th'
leading Canadian ournsls, bat commercial
union is purely business and economic
necessity growing out of the exigencie
incident to the geographical position o
the two countries. So embittsred ar
they indeed, that it would not DE sur
prising to hesr OF demand by the Cans
dian government for Mr.. Chamberlain
recall, and the substitution of some on'
else, whose views are more in harmon!
with the dominant sentiment ii
Canada. Certainly he will b.
accorded but tame an(
spiritless reception on his arrival, if h'
carries out his intentions to come. . Tnt
people of the Dominion government arr
very much exercised just now over com,
mercial union which they believe will b;
of great interest to that country. Tht
United States offers an inviting marke
for Canadian products, and the barriers
at present in the way practically nullif1
these advantages. The United Ssates-a
least those states that have given the CUES
ton any consideration-look favorabll
up IN commercial union, believing that /